Parks Maintainer, Facilities

2 weeks ago

Kitchener, Canada City of Kitchener Full time

**Parks Maintainer**
**,**
**Facilities**

**Competition Number**

2023-366**Job Code**

5122**Posting Date**

August 11, 2023**Closing Date**

August 27, 2023 (at 6:00pm)**Job Status**

Permanent Full-TimeThe
- **City of Kitchener** is a vibrant and dynamic city of approximately 270,000, in the heart of southwestern Ontario. As the largest municipality in Waterloo Region, Kitchener continues to be poised for development and growth, enhancing its reputation as a leader in city-building and innovation, with nationally recognized strategies to build its neighbourhoods, its digital infrastructure and its diverse economy.The
- **City of Kitchener** is WHERE you want to work Learn more about the top reasons to join us:
**Why work at the City of Kitchener**

Position Overview:
- The City of Kitchener is seeking a permanent full-time Parks Maintainer, Facilities to perform all operation and maintenance activities at its sports field facilities. The position prepares, maintains, and repairs turf and sports fields including synthetic sports fields. Performs winter work duties including snow plowing, salting, shoveling, and patrolling as well as inspection of ice rinks and tobogganing hills.**Responsibilities**:
- Performs operating and maintenance activities at sports field facilities citywide.
- Performs turf cultural maintenance (e.g., topdressing, seeding, aeration).
- Prepares proper lining, grooming procedures, and requirements for safe, playable surfaces for baseball diamonds, soccer pitches, football fields, cricket pitches and other programmed sport fields.
- Installs and maintains home plates, pitching points/mounds, batters’ boxes, etc. and lays out sports fields in accordance with official dimensions.
- Uses ActiveNet scheduling system to look up, confirm, and deal with issues related to bookings.
- Conducts sports fields and field lighting inspections as well as schedule lights using Musco Control-Link.
- Maintains record of daily tasks and reports sports field activities and deficiencies.
- Maintains and cleans outdoor sports facilities including players’ benches, backstops, fence lines and under bleachers.
- Assists with irrigation system repairs.
- Monitors sports facility grounds for hazards, vandalism and damage and reports unsafe conditions. Collects and disposes of items. Empties garbage receptacles.
- Operates various types of vehicles and equipment to cut and maintain grass and prepare sport fields for active use.
- Participate in the winter job pool process which results in the winter job duties assignment i.e. snow plowing, hand shoveling etc.
- Requirements:
- Minimum Grade 12 or equivalent.
- Valid MTO “G” class driver's license in good standing and be capable of upgrading to a “DZ” license within a 6-month period.
- Successfully completed the Sport Turf Management & Maintenance Course and the Synthetic Sports Turf Safety and Maintenance Course offered through Sports Turf Canada or equivalent (preference will be given to applicants with these courses, however, applicants will be permitted to obtain these two courses by December 1, 2023).
- Minimum of 1 year of Turfgrass/Sports field maintenance experience and with related equipment.
- Demonstrated communication skills with a customer service focus and the ability to keep accurate written records.
- Must be available to work varying shifts, rotational duties, weekends, and overtime as required including available for winter call out as required.
- Must be able to successfully complete required progression criteria as it relates to this job title. [EP1]
- Must be reliable with a good attitude and employment record.

**We will accommodate the needs of applicants under the Human Rights Code and Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. Please contact Human Resources at**
**,**
**or 519-741-2200 ext. 7261 to make your needs known, so that we can support your full and equal participation throughout the hiring process.**
- Please note that as per Human Resources Policy _
- HUM-HIR-_
- 110, "Employment of Relatives of Staff Members and Elected Officials":_
- "The immediate relatives of staff of the Human Resources Division, all _
- Directors, General Managers, or the Chief Administrative Officer and Elected Officials shall not be employed by the City in any capacity._
- The immediate relatives of all other Management personnel shall not be employed where such employment would be:_
- 1. within the same Department in the case of permanent full-time, temporary full_
- time and part-time classifications._
- 2. within the same Division in the case of students."_

**Department**

Infrastructure Services**Division**

Parks and Cemeteries**Union Affiliation**

CUPE 68**Number of Positions**

1**Hours of Work**

40 hours per week, Wednesday to Sunday from 7am to 3pm**Location**

**Initial Location
- Kitchener Operations Facility**City**

Kitchener**Compensation**

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